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  Goa: Two MGP MLAs join BJP; Oath-taking ceremony to take place today

  March 27, 2019 7:10 IST

  "MGP MLAs Manohar Ajgaonkar and Deepak Pauskar have merged with the BJP. They first split from the MGP and formed MGP-II and then merged with the BJP," said the Deputy Speaker.

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  Lok Sabha Election 2019 March 27: As it happened

  March 27, 2019 23:35 IST

  Hello and welcome to our daily Election Live Blog where we bring to you the election live updates from across India. With the biggest game of thrones set to begin next month, political circles are perplexed as to who will India choose - Modi wave or Mahagathbandhan. It will be for all to see what the decider reveals on May 23. Catch the latest here:

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  Election Wrap: From MM Joshi's ticket denial to Shatru's Congress love, 10 major developments of March 26

  March 26, 2019 23:32 IST

  Veteran leader Murli Manohar Joshi has been denied a ticket by the Bharatiya Janata Party to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Uttar Pradesh Minister Satyadev Pachauri will be contesting in his place. After LK Advani, Joshi is another veteran party leader who has been dropped from its list of contestants.

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  Lok Sabha polls: EC appoints special observers for eight states

  March 26, 2019 22:29 IST

  The poll-body appointed Gopal Mukherjee as special expenditure observer for the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and DD Goel for Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

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  Priyanka Gandhi to begin UP campaign's second phase from Amethi

  March 26, 2019 21:10 IST

  She will reach Lucknow by air on Wednesday morning from where she will travel by road to visit her brother and party President Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi, according to party leaders.

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  Lok Sabha Election 2019: Facebook rolls out 'Candidate Connect' feature

  March 26, 2019 20:19 IST

  Facebook says it created 'Candidate Connect' so that people can directly hear views of candidates in their constituencies. 

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  AAP's Gautam Buddh Nagar candidate fails to find proposers, nomination rejected

  March 26, 2019 19:40 IST

  Ten mandatory proposers are required for any candidate who is not from a recognised national party or a recognised regional party in a state, the officials said.

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  BJP issues list of 29 candidates for UP; Joshi dropped, Jaya Prada fielded against Azam Khan

  March 26, 2019 19:12 IST

  Joshi, 85, had won from Kanpur in 2014 but was told by the party leadership that he would not be fielded in the coming elections. 

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  Rahul Gandhi’s NYAY is big ‘aNYAY’ for middle-class

  March 26, 2019 17:49 IST

  Congress President Rahul Gandhi claims that his Nyuntam Aay Yojana (Minimum Income Scheme) or, in short, NYAY Scheme would benefit 5 crore households.

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  BJP offered me to join party, claims Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde

  March 26, 2019 17:45 IST

  ​In a sensational claim, senior Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde on Tuesday said he recently got an offer to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).  

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  Ajit Singh declares assets worth Rs 16.61 crore in poll affidavit

  March 26, 2019 17:17 IST

  Ajit Singh filed his papers as the the SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate for the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat in western Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Polling in the constituency will be held on April 11.

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  In Ram vs Ram, a battle of prestige in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi

  March 26, 2019 17:15 IST

  Amid the prospect of the two Rams testing their electoral power in Mandi, this Lok Sabha constituency is set to become a hot seat in Himachal Pradesh. 

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  Open letter to Rahul Gandhi who promises to bring NYAY

  March 26, 2019 18:24 IST

  For public interest, here are few questions to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who made a big poll announcement on Monday promising 20 per cent poor a basic minimum income of Rs 72,000 per year under NYAY.

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  Shatrughan Sinha set to join Congress on March 28

  March 26, 2019 16:30 IST

  Sinha's frequent criticism of BJP policies had earned him the title of a rebel leader. From the past few days, he has been openly criticising BJP and hailing Rahul Gandhi.

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  Congress slams PM Modi, calls him anti-poor

  March 26, 2019 14:48 IST

  On Monday, the Congress President announced the 'NYAY' (Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme) scheme for five crore poorest families of India, which was criticized by the BJP and its leaders.

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  LS polls 2019: Janwadi Party and Nishad Party join SP-BSP-RLD alliance in Uttar Pradesh

  March 26, 2019 14:43 IST

  It is pertinent to mention here that the state sends the largest number of MPs (80) to Indian Parliament.

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  Congress will launch 'surgical strike' on poverty: Rahul Gandhi

  March 26, 2019 14:06 IST

  "We will eradicate poverty in the country. This is a 'dhamaka'. No country has done this in history. There should not be a single poor person in the country," Gandhi said.

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  Jaya Prada joins Bharatiya Janata Party: Her political journey so far

  March 26, 2019 15:48 IST

  Jaya Prada joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1994 at the invitation of its founder N. T. Rama Rao

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  Lok Sabh Elections 2019: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's father wishes to contest against PM Modi

  March 26, 2019 13:27 IST

  "I want to contest election against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. If Congress gives me a ticket, I will contest to defeat him and make Rahul Gandhi the next Prime Minister of India", said Nand Kumar Baghel

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  PM Modi to address BJP rally in Jammu on Thursday

  March 26, 2019 12:32 IST

  According to the official, PM Modi will seek votes for the two Bharatiya Janata Party candidates -Jugal Kishore Sharma from Jammu and Jitendra Singh from Udhampur -who are seeking re-election

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  Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Former BJP leader Ghanshyam Tiwari likely to join Congress today, say party sources

  March 26, 2019 12:26 IST

  Earlier in 2017, Tiwari had opened a front against BJP leader and the then chief minister Vasundhara Raje. He had later resigned from the party in June 2018.

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  'It's shocking,' says wife of late Union minister Ananth Kumar, after not given BJP ticket from Bangalore South

  March 26, 2019 12:14 IST

  General elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.

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  BJP names 'young turk' Tejaswi Surya for Bangalore South

  March 26, 2019 11:09 IST

  Touted to be a fiery orator, Surya is considered to be a protege of the party's right wing parent organisation -- the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS).

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  Madras HC directs officials in Tamil Nadu to remove unauthorised flag poles across state by April 1

  March 26, 2019 10:26 IST

  The petitioner claimed there had been clashes due to dispute between rival political parties over flag poles.

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  BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi announces he has been asked by party to not contest election

  March 26, 2019 10:50 IST

  Advani, 91, has served as Union home minister and deputy prime minister. He was also the national president of the BJP more than once.

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  BJP asks Delhi unit to send fresh list of candidates for general elections

  March 26, 2019 10:51 IST

  The list, which was finalised at a meeting of the state unit's election committee, did not include former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, whose name was making rounds as a possible candidate from the New Delhi seat after he joined the party.

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  Amethi: Rajiv, Sonia proposer's son to contest against Rahul Gandhi

  March 26, 2019 8:39 IST

  Haji Haroon Rasheed, son of Haji Sultan Khan, who had signed as the proposer on the nomination forms of Rajiv Gandhi in the 1991 parliamentary elections and Sonia Gandhi in 1999, told IANS that they felt "completely sidelined" in the Congress.

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  Samajwadi Party to back Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool in Bengal

  March 26, 2019 10:54 IST

  Nanda said the Samajwadi Party decided to go for a tie-up with the Bahujan Samaj Party while leaving only two seats - Amethi and Raebareli - for the Congress in the light of its experience in the 2017 assembly polls in the state.